A home win is expected from this match if the league table is anything to judge by. The Al Duhail followers are hopeful that the contrast between 2nd and Al Shamal's 10th position in the table will show on the grass.
- Al Duhail have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
- Al Shamal have the most conceded goals (40) in Premier League
These are full days for the hosts, as they had a match only four days ago in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Al Rayyan, so at least Al Duhail are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Al Duhail form and stats
Al Duhail have performed here this season with 5 wins from 8 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
It's back home for Al Duhail, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Rayyan away with the result 4-0. Olunga (2), Musa and Tae-Hee found the net in that victory.
Before that game, the home loss against Al Wakrah with the scoreline 0-4.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Al Duhail have performed as huge favourites like they are today: seven games found in the database showing six Al Duhail wins, zero draws and one defeat.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 8 games), Al Duhail's attacking play is working. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Shamal form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Shamal so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-3 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for Shamal as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Qatar SC match.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Al Shamal, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-4 versus Al Arabi (placed 5th).
Preceding that, the 0-6 home loss versus Umm Salal.Nobody expects Al Shamal to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 20 times before, with the overall statistics of won seven, draw three and lost ten. When defeated, seven matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Al Shamal have another match away in just four nights, a Emir Cup match against Qatar SC. A gruelling itinerary for the guests!
The visiting Shamal have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These sides encountered each other before this campaign: Al Shamal - Al Duhail 0-1. Data for the previous seven meetings involving these two participants are: five wins for Al Duhail, zero draws and two wins for Al Shamal. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Olunga Ogada 19 goals |  J. Medina Escobar 8 goals |  A. Abdulla 5 goals |
Al Duhail missing players
Al Shamal missing players
| Al Duhail | Al Shamal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 43 | 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 76% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 59% |
| 53% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 47% |
| 35% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 35% |
| 59% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 65% |
| 35% | 38% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 24% |
| 5.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 10.8 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 46% | 49% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 32% |
| 7.9 | 9.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 13.2 | 11.8 |
| 3.2 | 4.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
- Al Duhail have created more than twice as many corners as Al Shamal.
- Al Duhail have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Duhail have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Shamal have scored away.
- Al Duhail have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
- Al Duhail have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Duhail haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Shamal have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Al Shamal have the most conceded goals (40) in Premier League
- Al Shamal have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Premier League
- Al Shamal have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Premier League
- All of Al Duhail's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Sadd | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 43 | 43 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 31 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 26 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 26 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 20 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -18 | 13 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26 | -23 | 11 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -21 | 7 |
